cirque
\siʁk\
The verdict
“cirque” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,922. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,922
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lieu destiné, chez les Romains, à accueillir les jeux publics, et particulièrement les diverses formes de lutte et les courses de chevaux et de chars.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cirque · cirque · French
cirque · rank #4,922 · 7 variants · 17 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,922
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH chérie
Nearest frequency peer: chérie (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cirque »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- cave
cave
95,082 corpus weight
- changent
changent
95,081 corpus weight
- chérie
chérie
95,080 corpus weight
- cirque
cirque
95,079 corpus weight
- commander
commander
95,078 corpus weight
- compagnon
compagnon
95,077 corpus weight
What this shows « cirque » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cirque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \siʁk\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,922 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cirque »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around cirque (IPA \siʁk\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,922 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cirque, with forms such as "ccirque", "ciqrue", and "cirqeu". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "crue", "coque", "claque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cirque, spelled C-I-R-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Lieu destiné, chez les Romains, à accueillir les jeux publics, et particulièrement les diverses formes de lutte et les courses de chevaux et de chars.
- 2Entreprise de spectacle qui organise des jeux et exercices de ce genre.
- 3Bassin de montagnes disposé circulairement.
- 4Situation chaotique ; désordre.
- 5Comportement outrancier ; exagération.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cirque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Comment concilier la passion immodérée des Romains pour les combats du cirque, et l'infamie dont ils couvraient les instrumens de ces cruels spectacles, les arénaires, bestiaires, gladiateurs ?
Je ne suis pas seule en face du cirque abandonné, ils sont là, les spectateurs cruels et splendides, ils font passer en moi leur frénésie.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccirque
- ciqrue
- cirqeu
- cirqque
- cirrque
- ciruqe
- icrque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cirque - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).